World Happenings Briefly Told In Early 20th Century
A mixed digest cites Malay States aiding Singapore naval costs, a New York aviator reports a stolen plane, Britain allocates 1 million for Industrial Fair publicity, and notable births and flights appear. Also noted are passport visa abolitions in Europe, a Quebec surgeon’s appointment in France, religious icon status in Portugal, and a swift five motor hydroplane’s maiden France flight with 2100 horsepower.
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France
Britain Increases Canadian Exports To Great Britain
Dominion bureau of statistics reports a rise of 107,554,865 in Canada’s export value to Britain for the year ending July 31, surpassing the prior year. Canada’s exports to Britain totalled 512,064,822, up from 404,509,957 in 1925, while imports from the United Kingdom rose to 163,349,513 from 154,457,625.
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Great Britain
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Nothing Impossible Sam and the Leaky Pipe
An Indianapolis News item describes Nothing Impossible Sam, a genial southern janitor who cannot admit a task is beyond him. He faces a leaky pipe in a tenant’s flat and, despite confusion, vows to locate the leak with a burst of inspiration.
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Sam
Indianapolis
Honey Industry Shows Growth Across Canadian Provinces
The article notes rising bee culture in Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Alberta beekeeper yields high honey in 1925 while 1924 totals rise overall. Manitoba honey crop tripled in three years and Saskatchewan 1924 output far exceeded 1918 levels. For Christmas ads in the United States 225 live reindeer were loaded from Alaska to Seattle aboard the SS W M Tupper along with over 1600 reindeer carcasses and canned fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
SS. W
Cape and street frock combine in navy polka silk model
The pattern shows a navy cape with tie collar and a separate frock beneath a straight cut dress with long revers. Sizes 16 18 20 years priced 20 cents. materials listed for size 18. fashion book 10 cents offers practical designs for home dressmakers.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Union at 176 McDermot Ave. lists pattern numbers and sizes for customers. Local instruction card details how to request patterns and where to address orders.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Postal Clerks Ordered to Shoot to Kill Mail Robbers
The United States Post Office issues a drastic order to twenty two thousand five hundred railway mail clerks and all post staff to defend mail property by any means, even at the cost of life, after a $125000 currency theft and a warning to bandits. The plan may include US Marines if needed, as in 1921.
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United States Post Office Department
Post Office Department
United States Marines
New
Holland Made Tulip Popular in 17th Century Boom
The article traces the tulip’s spread from Vienna to England and credits Dutch influence for its popularity. It notes the 1630s tulip mania with bulbs valued highly and 126 bulbs selling for 96 600 florins in 1639 before government intervention to curb the speculative market.
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England
Vienna
Elizabeth
Holland
Former Crown Prince Returns to Potsdam Fortress
Former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm arrives at Potsdam the favored home of Frederick the Great and now a stronghold of anti Republic sentiment. He had been living at Oels where government measures threaten his property and he plans a quiet secluded life.
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New York
Friedrich Wilelm
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Hohenzollern
Oels
Little Miss and Big Man Sail Atlantic for Photo
Five year old Mary Ferguson Law son of Winnipeg travels alone to England aboard the Empress of Scotland. She is accompanied by commander R. G. Latta and purser J. Walker Bartlett as part of a trans Atlantic voyage before joining her Uncle R. W. Ferguson in Woodstock Ontario after her mother’s death.
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Mary Ferguson Lawson
Winnipeg
Atlantic
Mary
England
R. W. Ferguson
Woodstock, Ont
British film drive targets Indian markets with English cinema
British investors plan a $4,000,000 scheme to break America’s film monopoly in India. They aim to build 300 theatres in major Indian cities showing only English films. Donations come from the Aga Khan and rulers of Ahwar Patial Bikanir Jaipur and Kashmir, who say they seek no profits.
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America
India
Aga Khan
Ahwar
Patial
Bikanir
Jaipur
Kashmir
Fresh squall vs new wave in a sermon
In a church discussion Mr. Younghusband remarks that a baby is a new wave on life’s ocean. The clergyman agrees calling it a poetical image. A worried parishioner suggests a fresh squall would better fit the moment.
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Mr. Younghusband
Radio Stations Protest Canadian Wave Lengths
A. J. McEwan, radio director of the Canadian National Railways, told a National Association of Broadcasters meeting in New York that U S stations are preempting Canadian wave lengths. He said this prevents opening more Canadian stations.
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U. S
United States
National Association of Broadcasters
New York
A. J. McEwan
Canadian National Railways
Single Girl Asks Man If He Snores Triggers Plot Thickening
A playful romantic vignette centers on a conversation where a single girl asks a single man about snoring. The exchange sets up comedic tension and hints at evolving relationships.
World's Largest Cable Reaches New York Landing
The world’s largest underwater cable, 3400 nautical miles long and able to carry 2500 words per minute, was landed in New York by the cable ship Colonia for the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company completing a three months’ operation between the United States and England.
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United States
England
New York
Colonia
Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company
Granddaughter Reveals Fry Found in Salad
Sophia, eight, tells grandpa during dinner that there was a fry in the salad and he ate it. Grandpa questions the remark, then softens and asks what she wanted, highlighting a tense moment over the odd discovery.
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Sophia
Grandpa
East Kootenay Power to spend million on Crow's Nest steam plant
The East Kootenay Power Company announces a 1,000,000 project to build a coal powered steam plant on the Alberta side of the Alberta British Columbia boundary at Crow's Nest. Construction begins this fall using coal from nearby Crow's Nest pass mines. The remark on experience quotes a warning about fools.
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East
Sterilize Toothbrushes and Gentle Brushing Advised
E J Hay of Garrison New Mexico urges sterilizing tooth brushes before use and cautions against vigorous brushing that can damage gums. He notes brushes stored in unsanitary places harbor bacteria and links overzealous brushing to increased pyorrhea, urging explicit public guidance on sterilization and proper use.
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Chicago
E. J. Hay
Garrison
New Mexico
Manitoba Grown Hemp Exhibit Displays Canadian Products
A Manitoba hemp and flax display travels to Toronto showing green hemp straw fibre flax grown at MAC Russian hemp and sweet clover straw. Samples include dew rolled hemp green flax upholstering tow and various cords from flax rope to binder twines and garden lines.
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Toronto
Harris
Matin Street
L. Ro Keys
Plucky English Nurse Tours Central Africa Mission
An English nurse from Penn Staffordshire travels to Zomba Lake Nyassa as a medical missionary carrying Moorgras serum said to cure a dread disease. She is the sole nurse within a 60 mile radius, with leopards and lions nearby and skilled hunters for protection. Nearby eight man eating lions killed 30 villagers before being trapped.
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Jeper Colony
Central Africa
Penn
Staffordshire
Zomba
Lake Nyassa
England
Standards of justice in murder trials and public fear
The New York Herald Tribune notes that viewing murder trials as battles of will leads to lenient sentences. It argues only widespread fear of gangsters as public enemies will confine their harmful acts, warning that a terror point may be approaching.
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New York Herald Tribune
Cement production climbs in Canada in 1925
The Dominion bureau of statistics at Ottawa reports that Canadian cement product value reached 2,020,239 dollars in 1925, up 61 percent from 1,257,871 dollars in 1924 and 34 percent above 1,505,528 dollars in 1923. Cement plants invested 2,594,726 dollars in capital.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Canada
Cow falls through roof kills Lima shoe dealer
A Lima shoe dealer was killed when a cow dropped from a house roof into the dining room. The article notes that animals are often kept on top of Peruvian houses and occasionally become meat.
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Lima
Peru
Population Doubling Time in 250 Years Noted
A compact historical remark states the earth’s population would double over 250 years. The saying contrasts human behavior, noting a man never growls when receiving lion’s share.
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Earth
Value of a Farmer and Canada’s Vital Asset
An analysis asserts the immigrant dollar and the farmer’s labor form Canada’s vital asset. Using railway revenue data, the average prairie farmer is valued at 746.92 in revenue terms, with capitalized returns of 13 569.63. It argues that promoting immigration is a sound national investment benefiting small towns.
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Canada
Irving Fisher
Canadian Railways
Dominion Railway Commission
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Bans Prairie Chicken Hunting
The province issues an order-in-council closing the prairie chicken partridge and grouse season across Manitoba for the second year running. Duck hunting remains open until Nov 30 with a daily quota of 20 from Sept 15 to Oct 1 and 40 thereafter.
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Manitoba
Father Bernard Vaughan Tour Story in America
An anecdote recalls Father Bernard Vaughan on a American tour. A boastful St Louis native compares rivers to English streams, prompting Vaughan to claim American rivers are as sickly as British ones because they are "confined to their beds."
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Bernard Vaughan
America
St. Louis
Mississippi
Madson
Mersey
Severn
Thames
Father Vaughan
Rations For Elephants
Elephants, including beasts of burden in Orien, require large quantities of fodder daily. A full grown tame elephant eats about a thousand pounds of green fodder and at least 25 pounds of unhusked rice each day, making proper feeding a significant problem.
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Orien
Bird Appetite Descriptions Misleading About Birds
A line notes that describing a small eater as having a bird's appetite is inaccurate since many birds consume several times their own weight daily. The saying is challenged by the fact birds eat repeatedly throughout the day, not just a single burst.
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Pal
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Birmingham
Clara von
Germany
Sweden
Luxembourg
Portugal
Paris
Paul Garneau
Quebec
A. Goscet
Our Lady of the Air
Cintra Aviation
Samuel Melgareo
Joaquin de Silva
Tinguidin
Michoacan
Romania
Britain
Seattle
Cape
Motion Picture
Billy Reith
Montreal
Reith
Eltham
Kent
Tob
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